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Gender
In Spanish, all nouns are either masculine or feminine, even when they don’t refer to people. Usually, nouns that end in ‑o (like niño) are masculine, and nouns that end in ‑a (like niña) are feminine.
Verbs
In English, verb forms usually don’t change (for example, I walk and we walk), but there are exceptions. For example, we say I am, but you are, and she is. In Spanish, all verbs change depending on whether the person is I, you, she, etc.
| subject | ser to be |
|---|---|
| yo I |
soy I am |
| tú you |
eres you are |
| él he |
es he is |
| ella she |
es she is |
Notice that él and ella always have the same verb form, so we’ll group them together from now on.